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Commercial liability insurance
I was hit by a truck that was used by a
tree cutting company he only has a
25,000 car insurance policy on the car
but he uses it for his business and has
a commercial liability police for that
my med bills will be more than the
25,000 can his liability police pay if I
sue his business
Asked on November 20, 2017 under Personal Injury, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
His commercial liability policy *may* pay, depending on the exact terms of the policy (a policy is a contract; the insurer must only pay when the terms of the contract says it must) and the exact facts (was the truck owned by the company? was it in the process of being used for work at the time?). Furthermore, even if the policy does not pay, the company may have to: insurance limits do not limit what you might be liable for, they just limit how much the insurer pays--the rest has to be paid out of pocket by the person or business sued. Similarly, the fact that the person who hit you only had a $25,000 auto policy does not mean that he may not personally have to pay more than that. So you should sue all of the following--the driver personally; the owner of the truck, if different than the driver; the employer (the tree company) if not not already being sued as the truck's owner--since all could be liable, an or all may have the money or the insurane to pay, and the more defendants you sue, the greater the odds you will get compensation from at least one of them.
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